Memoir:  Good Talk — Mira Jacob

Non-Fiction: White Fragility — Robin Diangelo

Science: The Gene: An Intimate History — Siddhartha Mukherjee

Movie: Amazing Grace  — Alan Elliott and Sidney Pollack

Movie: Book Smart— Olivia Wilde

Not-So-Ancient Inspiration:

“It doesn’t matter how far ahead you see if you don’t understand what you are looking at.” — Garry Kasparov